Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 15, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 2002 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Merced lf 5 1 1 1
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0
Berkman cf 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 2
Blum 3b 5 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 1 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 1
Everett ss 3 0 1 0
  Vizcaino ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Saarloos p 3 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Mann p 0 0 0 0
  Zinter ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bellhorn 2b 3 1 1 1
Mueller 3b 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 3 2 2 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 1
Alou lf 4 1 2 2
Brown cf 3 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Hermansen ph 1 0 1 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Girardi c 1 0 0 0
Prior p 2 0 0 0
  Patterson cf 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 6 10 6
Houston 010 020 001470
Chicago 100 101 21x6101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos  L (5-3) 7.0 7 5 5 1 7
  Puffer   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Mann   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
1
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prior   6.0 5 3 1 1 12
  Farnsworth   0.2 0 0 0 3 1
  Fassero  W (5-6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Borowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Alfonseca  SV (14) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
17

  E–Gonzalez (13).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (32,off Prior); Everett (2,off Prior); Zinter (2,off Alfonseca).  3B–Houston Hidalgo (4,off Prior).  HR–Houston Bagwell (22,5th inning off Prior 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Alou (13,4th inning off Saarloos 0 on, 0 out); McGriff (27,6th inning off Saarloos 0 on, 1 out); Patterson (13,7th inning off Saarloos 0 on, 2 out); Bellhorn (19,7th inning off Saarloos 0 on, 2 out); Sosa (41,8th inning off Puffer 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Berkman (3,by Prior); Bellhorn (6,by Saarloos).  IBB–Berkman (20,by Farnsworth).  SB–Merced (3,2nd base off Prior/Hundley); Biggio (13,2nd base off Farnsworth/Hundley).  HBP–Saarloos (3,Bellhorn); Prior (6,Berkman).  IBB–Farnsworth (6,Berkman).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:51.  A–37,836.
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